I did the Otway Classic for the first time last Sunday, and about an hour out of Lavers Hill stopped because of the 34 degree heat and happened to notice that my Ortlieb saddlebag had worked open. My credit card was still in there, but a gel and my phone were now gone.

I got very philosophical about the loss as other participants whizzed past, and decided as a futile gesture to ask the next cyclist I saw - a big young guy on a MTB, as it happened - if they'd seen anything, before HardeningTFU and continuing.

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